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Best of Brisbane: Top 10 vegetarian restaurants revealed

We asked and you responded. So here are Brisbane’s top 10 vegetarian restaurants as nominated by Courier-Mail readers.

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FROM Veef Beef burgers, Bac’n & Egg MocMuffins, vegan tapas and craft beer to ethical and environmentally friendly restaurants where you can shop sustainably too, Brisbane knows best when it comes to vegetarian restaurants.

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These Brisbane restaurants know how to get herbivores and carnivores hooked.

Last week we asked you to vote for your favourite vegetarian dishes and we were inundated with plant-based delights.

The Courier-Mail and U on Sunday brings you the full list of Brisbane’s top 10 vegetarian restaurants.

Scroll down to see who came out on top when it comes to the best vego feeds.

10. Lady Marmalade

269 Logan Rd, Stones Corner

The Lady Marmalade Cafe made the top ten for best vegetarian dishes. Picture: Instagram
The Lady Marmalade Cafe made the top ten for best vegetarian dishes. Picture: Instagram

While you’ll find plenty of meat options at this relaxed and homely cafe, it’s the vegetarian options that have fans hooked. Their daily-changing French toast is loved by all, using pillowy soft fruit bread. The smashed avo on toasted pumpkin bread with Meredith Dairy goat’s curd is a favourite, as is their sweet corn and cheddar fritters with avocado and sour cream sauce, fennel and apple remoulade.

Instagram: ladymarmaladecafe, 3324 2480

Equal 9th. Loving Hut

(Tied 9th) 2/1420 Logan Rd, Mt Gravatt

The Loving Hut Brisbane restaurant made the top ten for Brisbane's best vego restaurants. Picture: Instagram
The Loving Hut Brisbane restaurant made the top ten for Brisbane's best vego restaurants. Picture: Instagram

The Loving Hut promises delicious, healthy and environmentally friendly food at prices that are also easy on the conscience. The Mt Gravatt restaurant caters for its clean and safe, green and kind, and healthy philosophy with a menu that includes Loving Hut laksa, rawsome spaghetti and Beijing black bean.

Instagram: lovinghutbrisbane, 3219 4118

9. Govinda’s

82 Vulture St, West End

Govindas Brisbane pure vegetarian restaurant. Picture: Facebook
Govindas Brisbane pure vegetarian restaurant. Picture: Facebook

All you can eat and drink for $12 is part of the pure vegetarian menu at Govinda’s. Picking between mixed vegetable curry, split mung dahl, koftas, pappadam, semolina fruit pudding and custard, and homemade ginger and mint lemonade, is all part of the Feast Meal Menu.

0404 173 027

8. Jam Pantry

2/575 Logan Rd, Greenslopes

French toast at the Jam Pantry. The Jam Pantry at Greenslopes 4th July 2018 Photo AAP/ Ric Frearson
French toast at the Jam Pantry. The Jam Pantry at Greenslopes 4th July 2018 Photo AAP/ Ric Frearson

While not strictly a vegetarian eatery, this cute, suburban cottage cafe offers lots of exciting fare for those who choose to go meat-free. On owner Naomi Zavackas’s famous flip boards you’ll find everything from lime-zest rice pudding with crystallised ginger, feijoa and rosella jam to an omelette with honey and garlic roasted carrots, ricotta, brussels sprouts and parmesan.

Instagram: thejampantry, 3158 9570

7. Vegeme

9/220 Melbourne St, South Brisbane

Vegeme, South Brisbane serves up a vegan and vegetarian twist on Korean food. Picture: Facebook
Vegeme, South Brisbane serves up a vegan and vegetarian twist on Korean food. Picture: Facebook

The South Brisbane casual dining venue offers a vegan and vegetarian twist on Korean food that keeps customers coming back for more. It serves up lunch, dinner and drinks with a fusion of Asian and Western-style dishes, from salt and pepper mini buns to deep-fried suji, vegan nuggets, dumplings, fried rice and noodle dishes, with green tea jelly among the sweet treats.

3846 2723

6. Greenhouse Canteen + Bar

12/68 Manning St, South Brisbane

The Greenhouse Canteen and Bar Brisbane. Picture: Instagram
The Greenhouse Canteen and Bar Brisbane. Picture: Instagram

Having started on the Gold Coast, this vegan restaurant brought it’s plant-based cuisine to Brisbane by popular demand. Specialising in familiar fare with a meat-free twist, diners can chow down on the likes of arancini balls, deep-fried fondue, tacos, burgers, nachos and more, matched with a vegan-friendly wine and beer offering.

Instagram: greenhouse_canteen, 3724 2761

5. You Came Again

245 Boundary St, West End

You Came Again West End, top deck mousse with raspberry couli and hazelnut praline. Picture: Instagram
You Came Again West End, top deck mousse with raspberry couli and hazelnut praline. Picture: Instagram

Going out for drinks and small bites with your vego friends just became easier with this edgy and fun vegan tapas bar. The menu heroes the humble vegetable with everything from pesto-stuffed mushrooms or harissa-roasted carrots with capsicum hummus to beetroot carpaccio and miso-glazed eggplant. A solid vegan craft beer, wine and cocktail list ensures a good time is had by all.

Instagram: youcameagainvegantapas, 0448 028 031

4. Yavanna

9/2 Latrobe Tce, Paddington

Yavanna satisfies the vegetarian palate. Picture: Instagram
Yavanna satisfies the vegetarian palate. Picture: Instagram

On a mission to help change the world one bite at a time, Yavanna is a plant-based alternative that satisfies the vegan palate. But the plant-based eatery and bar doesn’t sacrifice taste or options while delivering its ethical dishes. Yavanna serves up a big breakfast, share plates of king oyster mushrooms with rocket, chilli and lemon, chipotle nachos and kids’ favourite chicken nuggets and chips, with decadent desserts.

Instagram: yavannaeat, 3554 0267

3. Netherworld

186 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

Netherworld was voted third best for vegetarian cuisine as part of The Courier-Mail and U on Sunday’s Best of Brisbane series. Picture: Supplie
Netherworld was voted third best for vegetarian cuisine as part of The Courier-Mail and U on Sunday’s Best of Brisbane series. Picture: Supplie

A playful but mindful eating experience at Netherworld provides a fusion of flavours from the Americas and Asia. The menu is completely vegan unless restaurant-goers choose to add dairy or meat options. Guests are warned they might get lost around the diner with the arcade machines, pinball machines, classic consoles and countless board games.

Instagram: netherworldarcade, 0424 156 667

2. The Green Edge

2b/229 Lutwyche Rd, Windsor

This family-owned business certainly has a green edge on providing ethical options with ease and convenience.

The Green Edge cafe was voted second-best when it comes to vegetarian dining. Picture: Instagram
The Green Edge cafe was voted second-best when it comes to vegetarian dining. Picture: Instagram
The Green Edge cafe specialises in vegetarian and vegan dishes. Picture: Instagram
The Green Edge cafe specialises in vegetarian and vegan dishes. Picture: Instagram

The Green Edge is a family-owned grocery and cafe specialising in vegetarian and vegan dishes and products. Their breakfast menu boasts everything 100 per cent vego, even a Bac’n & Egg MocMuffin, while their lunch and dinner options are equally mouth-watering with Angry MOOless burgers and Buddha bowls.

3861 1132

1. Grassfed

4/27 Cordelia St, South Brisbane

Owner of Grassfed Johnny Garrison with some of the burgers that keep herbivores and carnivores coming back for more. Picture: AAP/Jono Searle
Owner of Grassfed Johnny Garrison with some of the burgers that keep herbivores and carnivores coming back for more. Picture: AAP/Jono Searle

The work of Brisbane Vegan Markets founder Jonny Garrison and award-winning chef Alejandro Cancino, this hole-in-the-wall vegan burger shop has herbivores and carnivores hooked. Even winning the praise of MasterChef Australia judges, it uses Cancino’s acclaimed Veef beef substitute in many of its burgers, alongside special barbecued “pork” and a “chicken” schnitzel. There’s also Garrison’s beloved range of coconut-based soft serves and milkshakes.

Instagram: grassfedplantbased, 3180 2242

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